All protection, preservation, keeping, possession, care, stewardship and guardianship powers and authorities of Heaven shall hereby be vested as the Right of Ius Divinum Custoditum to each and every Spiritual Collective as the body and force known as Custoditum.

The word “Custoditum” originally comes from Latin and means “ to guard, protect or preserve; to watch over, keep safe; take heed or care; possess or hold”.

When anyone references, writes or speaks of Custoditum, or Possession, or Preservation, or Keeping or Protecting specifically or in general as a quality, force, action, power, authority or any other manifestation, it shall mean this body and the powers vested in it and no other.

The valid gift, grant and conveyance of Custoditum is hereby vested in all uniquely named offices defined by the present Covenant and associated Covenants and Charters.

An office not uniquely named within the present Covenant or associated Covenants and Charters may still receive the valid authority of Custoditum by the gift or grant of such power through the exercise of power and authority of an office that has been granted such power by the present Covenant.

However, an office that cannot demonstrate proper gift, grant or conveyance of Custoditum through the present Covenant possesses none.